- Date
- July 18, 1989, 20:42 local (Jul 19, 1989, 03:42 UTC)
- Place
- Albion, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9768GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41051
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot failed to see and avoid a wooden utility pole while cruising at a low level. A contributing factor was the dusk light conditions.
Analysis
The airplane collided with a utility pole while returning to the airport after a spraying operation.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9768G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801596T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Steves Crop Care
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUW, 7 nm away